In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Aidan McCullen, the host and founder of The Innovation Show and author of the book Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life. Aidan shares examples on how organizations and individuals can embrace reinvention in order to become undisruptable. 

Some highlights:

● Aidan McCullen talks about the reason why most change initiatives fail.

● The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly and lessons for leaders.

● How Amazon reinvented a failed product and transformed it into a killer product.

● Aidan McCullen shares how seeing life as cyclical rather than linear helps us with a reinvention mindset.

 

Also mentioned in this episode:

● Rita McGrath author of The end of competitive advantage (https://www.amazon.com/End-Competitive-Advantage-Strategy-Business/dp/1422172813) and Seeing around corners (https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Around-Corners-Inflection-Business-ebook/dp/B07LC98K6Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Seeing+around+corners&qid=1618747579&s=books&sr=1-1)

● Scott D. Anthony author of The Little Black Book Of Innovation: How it works, How to do it (https://www.amazon.com/Little-Black-Book-Innovation-Preface/dp/1633693406/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Little+Black+Book+Of+Innovation&qid=1618747612&s=books&sr=1-1) and co-author of Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization (https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Sleep-Innovate-Creativity-Organization/dp/1633698378/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Eat%2C+Sleep%2C+Innovate&qid=1618747666&s=books&sr=1-1)  

● Daniel Z. Lieberman author of The Molecule of More (https://www.amazon.com/The-Molecule-of-More-audiobook/dp/B07HS138YS/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=%E2%80%9CThe+Molecule+of+More&qid=1618747694&s=books&sr=1-2)

● Robert Sapolsky author of Behave (https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Robert-M-Sapolsky-audiobook/dp/B06XVYHXDV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Behave&qid=1618747734&s=audible&sr=1-1)

 

Buy Aidan McCullen’s Book: 

 Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life  (https://www.amazon.com/Undisruptable-Permanent-Reinvention-Individuals-Organisations-ebook/dp/B08YPHN6RK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CN3AZ7HJUOG5&dchild=1&keywords=aidan+mccullen&qid=1619035287&sprefix=aidan+mccullen%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1)        

 

Connect with Aidan McCullen:

 Aidan McCullen @ theinnovationshow.io (https://theinnovationshow.io/)

Aidan McCullen LinkedIn (https://ie.linkedin.com/in/aidanmccullen)

 

Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

mahantavakoli.com (https://mahantavakoli.com/)

 

More information and resources available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website: 

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Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

Mahan Tavakoli Website (https://mahantavakoli.com/)

Mahan Tavakoli on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahan/)

Partnering Leadership Website (https://www.partneringleadership.com/)